Juice cleanse: Day 3

Oh day 3, I must be completely bi-polar. I woke up today feeling totally motivated and ready to get my juice on. After breakfast I totally felt like I love doing this. But when I think back to yesterday, I wanted to shoot myself. Not sure if the food at dinner time helped me out or if it was just a "day 2 of no eating" got to me thing. Breakfast and lunch have been easy and I've had NO cravings today. I'm still debating on whether or not I'm going to eat a dinner tonight. If I do, I won't feel like I've failed and if I don't, well then I'll probably just think I'm pretty bad-A for doing (or not doing) so.

For the past 4 weeks I've been battling one cold after another. It's like I alllllmost get better, and then BAM! Hit with another cold. So I need to totally boost my immune system and decided this morning for breakfast to have a strictly vitamin C juice. And it was so good. Just oranges and a handful of pineapple. So good. Soooo good.

Day 3:

Breakfast

10 oranges

1/4 pineapple

Lunch

(green juice from day 1. See here)

Add a handful of kale as well and an extra cucumber

Dinner

Protein and veggies with a side of left over green juice.

Juice cleanse: Day 2

Day 2... this is stupid. So glad I didn't designate a certain amount of time otherwise, I'd feel like a failure. But because I said no set amount of time, I feel accomplished. If I can do at least one more day, I've accomplished a 3 day cleanse. Pat on the back for this no self-control girl. I may keep going but do juices throughout the day (2 meals a day), mixed with whole fruits, and protein and veggies for dinner. That sounds like the smarter path to me.


Day 2

     Breakfast
(same as yesterday's dinner)

Lunch

3 green apples

3 stalks of celery

2 medium carrots

1/4 of a pineapple

1/2 lemon

2 inch nub of ginger (peeled)

BIG handful of spinach

Dinner

Dinner...ah dinner...Alright, I totally caved and cheated and ate an actual dinner tonight. I had protein and veggies, and it was delicious, and I'm not even a little bit mad about it. As I mentioned before, I think I'm going to juice for 2 meals, eat a lean, clean, dinner. I'm totally satisfied with that. I mean c'mon, who in their right mind skips every meal and replaces it with juice? Lez-be honest, that's just stupid. I'm not going to sugar coat a cleanse like this. It sucks. I find it extremely difficult. I'm not some super human who can ignore cravings and hunger pangs...or is it pains? Either way, they over power me. Maybe some of you have more self control, but heck, I do not. So here's to juicing at least twice a day :)

Juice cleanse: Day 1

To help me ease into my cleanse, I started replacing meals with juice a few days ago. I feel jumping right into eating nothing and drinking only juice would be difficult and challenging. I replaced Sunday dinner, and Monday breakfast. Today I only had a serving of eggs and 2 big mason jars of juice. By tomorrow I should feel comfortable enough to cut out all solid food and indulge myself in some sweet, sweet juice.
I don't know about you, but I'm new to this whole juicing thing. I haven't done much experimenting with it and am just hoping for the best as I throw my produce in the juicer. I try to use fruits and veggies that I think would compliment each other and taste good together. So far, my 2 juices have been delish. I didn't want it to have an overbearing veggie taste as I began my detox, because I know it'd put me off and I wouldn't follow through with the cleanse. So I've made my juices more on the fruity side but will slowly start adding more veggies in to make my juices 70% veg/ 30% fruit.

Here's day 1. I had a small breakfast because I wasn't at home to juice, but juiced for lunch and dinner. The juice is surprisingly very filling and I've felt satisfied this whole day.
I'm making juice for 2 people, myself and my mother-in-law. So cut the recipe in half or keep as is and just store your extra juice for "snacking." Each recipe makes about 4-6 cups of juice total. I keep my juice in large mason jars and seal them as tight as I can. Also, try to not "prep" too far in advance. You'll lose nutrients by doing so. You can wash and store, just don't peel and cut. Also, try to drink your juice daily so you can get as many of the nutrients while it's still fresh.

Day 1:

Lunch

1/2 pineapple
4 oranges
8 tangerines
4 celery stalks
2 carrots

Dinner

2 apples

2 pears

3 celery

3 baby cucumbers

2 big handfuls of spinach